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necolas/react-native-web

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TLDR

Write React Native components once and run them on iOS, Android, and the web without rewriting UI code for each platform.

Mindmap

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    What it does
      Run React Native on web
      Share code across platforms
      Use native components
    Tech stack
      React
      JavaScript
      React Native API
    Use cases
      Build cross-platform apps
      Reuse mobile components
      Deploy to web browsers
    Development
      Monorepo structure
      Build and test
      Package management

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Build a web app using the same React Native components you wrote for your iOS and Android apps.

USE CASE 2

Deploy a single codebase to mobile and web platforms without maintaining separate UI implementations.

USE CASE 3

Create a cross-platform product where mobile and web share the same component library and styling logic.

Tech stack

JavaScriptReactReact Native

Getting it running

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires Node.js, npm/yarn, and either Xcode (iOS) or Android Studio (Android) to see native platform results.

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice and license text.

In plain English

Based on the description and topics, React Native for Web is a library that allows React Native components, the building blocks used to create mobile apps for iOS and Android, to run in a web browser. This lets developers write a single set of UI components using React Native's API and deploy them across both mobile platforms and the web. The repository README is a monorepo development guide covering how to build and test packages within the project, and does not provide further detail about the library's features, supported APIs, or usage patterns, so a complete explanation is not possible from the provided data alone.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
How do I set up React Native for Web in my existing React Native project to run components in a browser?
Prompt 2
Show me an example of a React Native component that works on both mobile and web using this library.
Prompt 3
What are the main differences between React Native Web and regular React when styling and laying out components?
Prompt 4
How do I configure webpack or my bundler to use React Native for Web aliases for platform-specific code?
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